Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Chris H It is, of course, true of honey bees too. The drones (males) have no sting. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and go and talk to the Catholics.
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OK, I took some photos this evening of the alleged bees coming and going. Many were out of focus due to inadequate lighting and shakey hands with telephoto lens plus a mild concern about getting stung to death in a swarm of pissed off apians. This one seems to capture it best: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29162046@N04/3483301125/ Whilst up there, I was mildly perturbed by a constant high pitched buzzing, although I couldn't see the individual making the noise - which just made it worse. So, to me this looks like a bumble bee, going on what I can find on wikipedia. N'est pas?
****, I haven't seen a blistering retort on here for years. Even lushhead has fucked off and taken his shite with him. Paul.
If you don't, we'll just have to reach the conclusion that there is no deeper joke involved, and that you're just winding us up for effect.
Indeed. But it's also true that only a tiny proportion of the bees in a hive, or out of it, are males. Is this also the case with bumbles? ISTR that it is.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace True. And it varies from time to time. No males make it through the winter, for example. They just raise more when needed (ie. when they're thinking about swarming). If there's no virgin queen around, drones aren't needed, so there are very few (if any) about. The queen mates on one flight with several males. Throughout her life she then lays eggs which she either fertilizes with sperm (these become female "worker" bees, and are potentially eligible to become queens if the colony decrees it necessary) or lays them unfertilised (these become drones). The decision is made for her by the colony, which makes drone cells, or brood cells, depending on... well, if you can figure that one out there are a lot of people would love to know for sure. I'm really not sure. There are *far* fewer bees in a bumble-bee nest than a honey-bee colony, so it can't be anything like the same ratio. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and go and talk to the Catholics.
Can't be a rhino - no horn doesn't look much like a baboon not enough spots for a ladybird .... could be a tiger, they have stripes
Cheers. What's with the constant buzzing - is it a warning to stay away? In the bedroom underneath I can hear what can only be described as a grunting noise[1]. It's not a deep low-pitched one, more mid-pitched, but it does sound like something a hedgehog would make. Can bumble bees make that kind of noise? [1] Insert obvious joke here.
http://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/bumblebees_id.htm http://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/surveys.htm
could be worse. could be a doozer infestation. then you have to get fraggles in to keep them down, and those things are seriously annoying.
